Add React Component

Add a React component

Scope rule (load-bearing): see CLAUDE.md "Scope discipline". Create only what the user asked for — one component, its .module.scss, and the import where it's used. Do NOT add a router, a state-management library, or a CSS-in-JS lib while in the area.

Folder layout

Components live under src/components/<feature>/. One folder per feature, even for a single file. Two existing examples:

• src/components/counter/ — Counter.tsx, Counter.module.scss, counterSlice.ts
• src/components/titlebar/ — Titlebar.tsx, TitlebarButtons.tsx, img/, scss/

Pick the simpler layout (counter-style) unless the component needs subassets (then mirror titlebar).

Files to create

For a feature called widget:

src/components/widget/
  Widget.tsx
  Widget.module.scss

Widget.tsx template (functional, hooks, named export to match Counter, no propTypes — types replace them):

import React from 'react';

import styles from './Widget.module.scss';

interface WidgetProps {
  // ... typed props go here; omit if the component takes none
}

export function Widget(_props: WidgetProps) {
  return (
    <div className={ styles.widget }>
      {/* ... */}
    </div>
  );
}

If the component is the page-level export (like App or Titlebar), use export default. If it's a feature inside a parent (like Counter), use a named export. Match the surrounding convention.

If the component spreads HTML attributes onto a native element, use React.ComponentPropsWithoutRef<'button'> (or whatever element) like TitlebarButtons.tsx does — gives full HTML attribute typing for free.

Import rules

• Use relative paths for in-project imports (./counterSlice, ../utils/requests). Bare imports like 'components/foo' do not resolve.
• CSS Modules: import as import styles from './Widget.module.scss'. The wildcard declare module '*.module.scss' in src/global.d.ts types these to { readonly [key: string]: string }. Reference with styles.widget for camelCase, styles['some-thing'] for kebab-case.
• SCSS variables and theme: src/theme/variables.scss and src/theme/palette.ts are available; palette.ts exports a typed customTheme: Palette shaped for Microsoft Fluent UI's theme designer.

Wiring it in

Most new components get rendered inside src/components/App.tsx. Add the import and the JSX in the <header> block. If the component needs Redux state, use a slice (see redux-slice-author agent or scaffold one alongside the component, mirroring counterSlice.ts) and the typed hooks useAppSelector / useAppDispatch from src/state/hooks.ts.

Tests

src/tests/App.test.tsx is the existing example; tests use @testing-library/react. Tests run via yarn test (which is vitest run). New tests can live in src/tests/ or alongside the component (use Widget.test.tsx); Vitest picks up **/*.test.{ts,tsx} by default. Vitest globals (describe/test/expect/vi) are enabled via vite.config.ts test.globals: true.

What NOT to do

• Don't add class components — every existing component is a function component with hooks.
• Don't introduce styled-components, emotion, or a CSS-in-JS lib. The codebase is committed to SCSS Modules.
• Don't reintroduce prop-types / propTypes — the dependency was dropped during the TS migration. Use interface XProps instead.
• Don't introduce a router. There is none yet; the app is a single window.

Source: iPzard/electron-react-python-template — distributed by TomeVault.